Adphos launches aLITE

The newly developed technology offers energy-efficient and completely CO2-free production of water-based decorations on PVC films.

The aLITE drying technology combines high-power photonic energy input with temperature-controlled impingement air to achieve local vapor absorption with defined moisture removal.

For the first time, this enables quasi-spontaneous drying (within sub-seconds) with high register accuracy (virtually unmeasurable) on temperature-sensitive film materials such as PVC. With all this, production quality is maintained even during dynamic start-up and shut-down of the 5-color gravure printing system.

The aLITE-based décor printing system offers an alternative for producing the wide range of décors available.

Thanks to the AI-based, automated dryer performance controller aDC (advanced Dryer Control), the system works even more effectively and is fully automated.

A further advantage of the new aLITE drying solution is that it requires only a fraction of the drying length of today’s standard convection dryers.

The aLITE system only requires one meter of drying length, compared to six to eight meters needed for hot air dryers, at a production speed of up to 200 meters per minute.

Adphos said the new system has the lowest operating costs on the market, with low investment requirements due to possible machine savings, reduced building expenses, and infrastructure requirements.

It is also possible to retrofit existing décor gravure printing systems with a typical amortization time of 18 to 24 months.